| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Scammel |
| Namesake | Alexander Scammell, Army Adjutant General |
| Owner | Department of the Treasury |
| Operator | Revenue-Marine |
| Builder | Joseph Whipple[1] |
| Laid down | 15 February 1791[1] |
| Launched | 24 August 1791 |
| Commissioned | 1791 |
| Decommissioned | 1798 |
| Fate | Sold 16 August 1798 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Displacement | 51 85/95 tons |
| Length | 57.6 ft |
| Beam | 15.8 ft |
| Draft | 6.5 ft |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 4 officers |
| Crew | 4 enlisted, 2 boys |
| Armament | 10 muskets, 20 pistols |
USRC Scammel was one of the first ten cutters operated by the United States Revenue-Marine (later to become the U.S. Coast Guard).[2] Her original name was Ferret.[1]
Scammel was named by Alexander Hamilton for Adjutant General Alexander Scammell of New Hampshire, but one notes that Hamilton was rather careless about spelling - as were many men of letters of that time. This was the second cutter to receive the name of a Revolutionary hero but with an incorrect spelling (USRC General Green was the first, the correct spelling is Greene).